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(11/24/09 4:00am)
In his column last Friday, Chris Talamo '11 ("This War is the Answer," Nov. 20) made some interesting points about the worthiness of the War on Terrorism, concluding that "The world is much better off for America's actions no matter how belligerent." Ultimately, however, I couldn't possibly disagree more. The War on Terrorism has been a failure of both policy and spirit, giving the terrorists exactly what they wanted and significantly weakening our national security.
(11/10/09 4:00am)
The prevailing media narrative emerging from last Tuesday's off-cycle elections, and the two Republican gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia, is that President Obama and Congressional Democrats are in huge trouble for next year's midterms, and that the Republican Party is poised for a major comeback. Ignoring the larger problems with trying to extrapolate any kind of broader political trend from a handful of low-turnout and low-salience races, the above narrative is, to put it plainly, utterly laughable. The Democrats will probably lose seats in next year's midterms, but that will be more a result of the natural ebbs and flows of American politics than of any supposed widespread dissatisfaction with the president and the Democrats.
(10/26/09 3:00am)
Congressional Republicans have spent the first nine months of President Obama's term throwing everything but the kitchen sink at him. They've employed all manner of stall tactics to water down or thwart his most important initiatives, walked all over the pitiful, decaying carcass of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to exploit divisions in Democratic Caucus and even stooped to fanning the flames of racial hatred that reached a fever pitch this summer with vile displays at "tea parties" all across the country. Given that backdrop, one could hardly blame the president for being skeptical of any and all Republican proposals.
(10/12/09 2:00am)
On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded President Barack Obama one of the world's highest and most distinguished honors, the Nobel Prize for Peace. The roster of Nobel Laureates includes some of the greatest humanitarians and human rights advocates in the history of mankind. As one works his way through the names, pausing at such luminaries as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa, Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela, it becomes strikingly clear that President Obama's resume is absurdly thin by comparison. All conscientious citizens of the world, regardless of ideology, should hope the President realizes his monumental potential to become the sort of transformative, life-saving figure worthy of this honor. But for now, his inclusion reeks of the sort of tone-deaf political showmanship that could ultimately cheapen one of the world's most honorable institutions. Rather than naively playing the pawn of Oslo's broader agenda, Obama should have politely declined the award, pledging to actualize his global vision before accepting any further plaudits.
(10/06/09 2:00am)
Last Saturday, in the pouring rain, Dartmouth football dropped a heartbreaker to the University of Pennsylvania to extend its record losing streak to 15. The Big Green has now lost 90 of its last 113 games and seems certain to lose at least half of its contests for the 11th time in 12 years. To put it bluntly, that is a staggering amount of losing for a school with such an outstanding football tradition.
(09/23/09 2:00am)
Years of hot air, sordid affairs, uncivilized shouting matches and general partisan rancor have conspired to lower our expectations for the political process to all-time lows. In the proverbial spectrum of activities, legislative debate now falls somewhere between rapper Kanye West's crass shenanigans at the MTV Video Music Awards and zoo apes flinging feces at tourists. Stunningly enough, however, the health care debate this summer has managed to be even worse than advertised.
(06/02/09 2:00am)
That the Republican Party would strongly oppose U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court is not at all surprising. The party's strategy of late, after all, seems to be to eschew moderation in favor of wild, theatrical reactions including threats of secession to whatever President Obama and the congressional Democrats do. The tenor of attacks on Sotomayor, however, has been so shockingly venomous that, according to the Los Angeles Times, several prominent GOP lawmakers, such as National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have attempted to distance themselves from the racist, misogynistic and utterly nonsensical bile spewing forth from their party's talking heads.